Levi will be working through the Rangers’ depth chart for the next few weeks as Spring Training begins. Feel free to hop in the comments section with questions or commentary!Let’s start from the position that sees all, knows all. Sore bodies, bionic knees, and a left hand that will ache in the winters of the decades yet to come. “Every play in baseball begins with a pitcher.” It’s true, but before the hurler converts potential energy to kinetic, he must first come to an understanding of where this missile should be aimed. Ciphers and subterfuge flash in a series of finger flicks, taps, and nods. Occasionally, the game plan begins earlier, the pitch call prefaced by the field general standing on home plate and issuing a directive to his other eight allies. Shoulder, shoulder, knee. (Stand over there.) Helmet, swipe, hip-knee-hip-knee. (Plan for this scenario.)Robinson Chirinos didn’t crack the big leagues until 27 when he played just 20 games in 2011 with the Tampa Bay Rays.

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